It Was The Best Gig Ever # 28: Jonathan Richman, Oakland 2016

Jonathan Richman's biggest mainstream/crossover moment is as the wandering minstrel/soundtrack composer for There's Something About Mary.

But long before that I had been interested in his music and worlds. There was his band Modern Lovers who recorded an album in the very early 70s – only to have it eventually released a few years later.

It regularly pops…